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Permitting Plan Review AI Request for Information

The City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology, Inspectional Services Department and Fire Department are trying to gain a better understanding of the role AI can play in the permitting process.

PLEASE NOTE: The RFI deadline is Friday, May 16th.

As such, we are interested in learning about any plan review, project scoping, and code compliance education tools that could speed up permitting and improve the experience for applicants and city staff. We are specifically interested in “pre-check” solutions that lead to higher quality submissions, and “co-pilot” solutions that reduce toil for city staff. We also hope to understand how solutions can be integrated into the low-code application platform we will use to manage permit applications and issue permits in the future. 

We are interested in written submissions that outline such solutions and their cost structures. We also welcome any information you can share about the structure and approach you have taken to piloting the solution in other municipalities, and the methods you used to evaluate the pilot. Lastly we would love to hear a bit about how you see evolutions in LLM/Machine Learning model abilities impacting the evolution of your solution. 

Please note that this RFI is for informational purposes only. A response to the RFI -- or lack thereof -- will have no impact on the award of any future contracts. 

Please also note that any information you provide will be subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. Written materials and demos should not contain any information you are not comfortable being released publicly.

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